SAN FRANCISCO, August 21, (THEWILL) – The leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed worry over the existence of moles within its ranks, especially those working for the newly-registered All Progressives Congress(APC)
Former Vice Chairman of the party in the South-West, Chief Olabode George, expressed the fear while speaking with journalists on Wednesday after a private meeting he held with President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo at the State House, Abuja.
Present at the State House to also meet with the president were the Governor of Sokoto State, Aliyu Magatakarda Wammako; Abiola Ogundokun, Ebenezer Babatope, Iyiola Omisore, Hosea Agboola, Tunde Adeniran, Lekan Balogun, Musliu Obanikoro, Kayode Adetokunbo, and Wole Oyelese among others,
“If termites enter your house, you don’t run out to go and be a tenant elsewhere, you must fight it,” George said of the moles, he described as termites.
He added: “What I am saying is that, in this game, talking about termites, if you build a house, termites will come, if you are not careful. But in our own game, in politics when you get to this stage, anything is possible in a political war. They can send people who are not friendly with you to come and pretend that they are your friends.
“Those are the termites I am talking about. You don’t run away from the termites inside your house and say you will be a tenant. You must stay and make sure that the termites in your own house are caged.”
He also explained why the South-west PDP leaders had come to meet with Jonathan, saying “with all intents and purposes, we don’t want to have an acrimony.”
According to George, “You know this is why we have to say that there is need to take a cursory look at the PDP southwest because the house that has been built and we cannot allow it to be destroyed.”
George, who also spoke on the party’s national convention, said the party was still united, adding that, however, that as a big party, its problems are still overwhelming.
“You know a big man will have big problem. And with the way the other new parties are coming up. For us, we have been there since 1998, they will have to come and learn how to manage Nigeria,” he said in a veiled reference to APC , which he said “has been managing tribes and the tribal set ups all over the place.”
He however said: “But this time around, they are going to learn how to manage Nigeria and that is what the PDP has been doing. Remember also that the zoning concept in our own constitution is not in the national constitution but we are happy that it has sustained democracy since 1999 and we have concluded and we are affirmed that there will be no shaking.”
Wamakko, who is one of the five northern governors embarking on consultation with political stakeholders across the country, noted that the consultation will continue . He disclosed that his visit to President Jonathan was “just a routine visit to the President of this great country” and was not in connection with the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
